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byler x moths edits have started dropping. guess i’ll be spending the entire weekend in tears 😭😭😭

It's wonderful how the series establishes these dynamics and motivations within the team and allows them to reveal more about themselves than that.

Because yes, Percy would sacrifice the world if it meant saving someone he loves, but at the same time, he doesn't actively want the world to be destroyed, so when the opportunity presents itself to be a good person, to be a hero, but without putting the people he loves in danger, he seizes it.

Because yes, Clarisse is a camper trained to prioritize the success of her battles over the risks and, to some extent, the lives of those around her, but at the same time, she is loyal and cares about those who fight alongside her, so if she finds an opportunity to help an ally without sacrificing the success of the battle, she doesn't hesitate to come to their aid.

Whoever created this gif, you're insane

Clarisse and the bride style

Grover and the reassuring hug

Tyson and the desperate clinging

and the fact that clarisse was already waiting with her arms open to catch him when she could've just let him fall like she did

They built up Robin and Will’s bond all season, only for their friendship to just drop off midway through Vol 2 and for them to get nothing in the epilogue? I mean shit it’s like Mike took Will’s place and suddenly him and Robin had every scene together out of nowhere, which also led to nothing? And then Dustin and Steve got some make believe fantasy of Mike’s for what the future could hold, as opposed to any genuine scene tying their endings together?

There were an unlimited number of ways to make those four have a scene that was satisfying, but it shouldn’t have just been them or it should have had them split up with other pairings involved if they wanted us to feel any emotional weight beyond okay I guess this is the end? It just felt like more of a nod to those actors bonds and less like something that was actually well earned for the audience.

We didn’t get the Byers and Hopper even talking about El or grieving her properly. We got a reference to Will and Jon going to college in the city and Jon taking pictures before graduation but that was it? No scenes with the two brothers getting some sort of closure which would have been more deserving than a majority of the half ass shit they pulled?

Thinking about how over the years the Duffers talked about how they had the last 30 minutes planned for years, was that rooftop scene part something they always imagined and had planned?

And you can only imagine my horror hearing them make plans to see each other consistently in the future, only for us to get what felt like a fucking funeral for the core party who give no clarity on their plans to reunite later down the line. It’s like they were all walking to their deaths, while Jonathan, Nancy, Robin and Steve ended the show giving more heartfelt plans with each other than any of the other characters besides maybe Joyce and Hopper??

That ending overall was just so lackluster and lacking of any well earned endings with the relationships the show spent so much time developing, besides the graduation which as an idea could have been really great, but in execution just felt more theatrical than meaningful. It was like reading a fic that was written by someone who had favorites and it’s very obvious who they’re most invested in and you’re like okay cool not my cup of tea since it blocks out what canon actually presents, but I guess that’s what fanon is for?

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